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RALEIGH : 

OFFICE  OF  "THE  CHURCH  INTELLIOENCER." 

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A  CATECHISM 


THAT    IS    TO    SAY, 

AN  LNSTRUCTION,  TO  BE  LEARNED  Bt  &YE9.Y 
PERSON  BEFORE  HE  BE  BROUGHT  TO  BE  CON 
FIRMED  BY  THE  BISHOP. 

Question.. 

WHAT  is  your  Name? 

Ans.  N.  or  M. 

QvLGS.  Who  gave  you  this  Name  ? 

A.  My  Sponsors  in  Baptism  ;  waereia  ■(  wa? 
made  «,  member  of  Christ,  the  child  of  God,  and 
an  inheritor  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

Q.  What  did  your  Sponsors  th\iQ  for  you? 

A.  They  did  promise  and  vow  three  thlaga  in 
my  name :  First,  that  I  should  renounce  the  devil 
and  all  his  works,  the  pomps  and  vanity  of  this 
wicked  world,  and  all  the  sinful  iusts  of  the 
flesh.  Secondly,  that  I  should  believe  al!  tfee 
Articles  of  the  Christian  Faith.  And  Thirdly,' 
that  I  should  keep  Grod's  holy  will  and  <^ommand- 
ineiit^,  and  walk  in  the  same  all  the  days  of  my 
life. 

Q.  Bost  thou  not  think  that  thou  art  fcoimd  to 
believe,  and  to  do,  as  they  have  promised  for 
thee? 

A.  Yee,  verily  ;  and  by  God'«  help  so  I  wiU 


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2  A  CATECBISH. 

And  I  heartily  thank  our  heavenly  Father,  that 
he  hath  called  me  to  this  sfcate  of  salvation, 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Saviour.  And  I  pray 
unto  God  to  give  rae  his  grace,  that  I  may  con' 
rinue  in  the  same  unto  my  life's  end. 

Catechist.  Rehearse  the  Articles  of  thy  Be- 
lief. 

Answer. 

I  believe  in  God  the  Father  Almighty,  Maker 
i>f  heaven  and  earth : 

And  in  Jesus  Christ  his  only  Son  our  Lord; 
Who  was'  conceived  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  Born  of 
the  Virgin  Mary ;  Suffered  under  Pontius  Pilate, 
Was  crucified,  dead,  and  buried ;  He  descended 
mto  hell,  The  third  day  he  arose  from  the  dead  ; 
He  ascended  into  heaven,  And  sitteth  on  the 
right  hand  of  God  the  Father  Almighty ;  From 
thence  he  shall  come  to  judge  the  quick  and  the 
dead. 

I  believe  in  the  Holy  Ghost ;  The  holy  Catho- 
lic Church,  The  Communion  of  Saints  ;  The 
Forgiveness  of  sins;  The  Resurrection  of  the 
body  ;  And  the  Life  everla&ting.     Amen. 

Q.  What  dost  thou  chiefly  learn  in  these  Ar- 
ticles of  thy  Belief? 

A.  First,  I  learn  to  believe  in  God  the  Father. 
Tvho  hath  made  me,  and  all  the  world. 


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A  CATECHISM.      C     ^  ^^ 

Secondly,  iu  God  the  Son,  who  hath  redeemed 
me,  and  all  mankind. 

Thirdly,  in  God  the  Holy  Ghost,  who  panctl- 
fieth  me,  and  all  the  people  of  God. 

Q.  You  said  that  your  Sponsors  did  promise 
for  you,  that  you  should  keep  God's  Command- 
ments.    Tell  me  how  many  there  are  ? 

A.  Ten. 

Q.  Which  are  they  ? 

Answer. 

The  same  which  God  spake  in  the  twentieth 
Chapter  of  Exodus,  saying,  I  am  the  Lord  thy 
God,  who  brought  thee  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
out  of  the  house  of  bondage. 

I.  Thou  shalt  have  no  other  gods  but  me. 

II.  Thou  shalt  not  make  to  thyself  any  graven 
image,  nor  the  likeness  of  any  thing  that  is  in 
heaven  above,  or  in  the  earth  beneath,  or  in  the 
water  under  the  earth.  Thou  shalt  not  bow 
down  to  them,  nor  worship  them;  For  I  tht 
Lord  thy  God  am  a  jealous  God,  and  visit  the 
Kins  of  the  Fathers  upon  the  children,  unto  the 
third  and  fourth  generation  of  them  that  halt 
me;  and  show  mercy  unto  thousaids  in  theui 
that  love  me,  and  keep  my  comuiandnients. 

HI.  Thou  shalt  not  take  the  Name  of  the  Lord 
thy  God  in  vain  ;  for  the  Lord  will  not  hold  hin; 
guiltless,  that  taketh  his  Name  in  vain. 

IV.  Remember  that  thou  keep  holy  the  Sab- 
bath-day. Six  days  shalt  thou  labour,  and  do  ah 
that  thou  hast  to  do  ;  but  the  seventh  day  is  tht 


4  A  CATECHISM. 

Sabbath  of  ihe  Lord  thy  God.  In  it  thou  shait; 
do  no  manner  of  work  ;  thou  and  thy  son,  and 
thy  daughter,  thy  inan-feervant,  and  thy  maid- 
^ervantj,  thy  cattle,  and  the  stranger  that  is  with- 
in, thy  gates.  For  in  sis  days  the  Lord  mado 
heaven  and  earth,  the  sea,  and  all  that  in  them 
is,  and  rested  the  seventh  day ;  wherefore  the 
Lord  blessed  the  seventh  day,  and  hallowed  it. 

Y.  Honour  thy  father  and  thy  mother ;  that 
thy  days  niay  be  long  in  the  land  which  the  Lord 
thy  God  giveth  thee. 

VI.   Thou  shalt  do  no  niuvder. 

"Vll.   Thou  shalt  not  commit  adultery. 

Till.  Thou  shalt  not  steal. 

IX.  Thou  shalt  not  bear  false  witness  against 
thy  neighbour. 

.X .  Thou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neighbour's  house , 
tiiou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neighbour's  wife,  nor  his 
servant,  nor  his  maid,  nor  his  ox,  nor  his  a?:^, 
nor  any  thing  that  is  his. 

Q.  What  dost  thou  chiefiy  learn  by  these  Com- 
snandments? 

A.  I  learn  two  things  ;  my  duty  towards  God, 
and  my  duty  towards  my  Neighbour. 

Q.  What  is  thy  duty  towards  God  If 

A.  My  duty  towards  God,  is  to  believe  in  him» 
10  fear  him,  and  to  love  him  with  all  my  heart, 
with  all  my  mind,  with  all  my  soul,  and  with  all 
;))y  strength  ;  to  worship  him,  to  give  him  thanks, 
W:|iut  my  whole  trust  in  him,  to  call,  upop  him. 


A  CAXECHlbM.  a 

to  honour  his  holy  Name  and  hie  Word,  and  to 
serve  him  truly  all  the  days  of  my  life. 

Q.  What  is  thy  duty  towards  thy  Neighbour 't 

A.  My  duty  towards  my  Neighbour,  is  to  love 
him  as  myself,  and  to  do  to  all  men,  as  I  would 
they  should  do  unto  me :  To  love,  honour,  and 
succour  my  ftither  and  mother  :  To  honour  and 
obey  the  civil  authority  :  To  submit  myself  to  all 
my  governors,  teachers,  spiritual  pastors,  and 
masters :  To  order  myself  lowly  and  reverently 
to  all  my  betters  :  To  hurt  nobody  by  word  or 
deed :  To  be  true  and  just  in  all  my  dcalingc?  : 
To  bear  no  malice  nor  hatred  in  my  heart :  To 
keep  my  hands  from  picldng  find  stealing,  and  ni  v 
tongue  from  evil  speaking,  lying  and  slandering  : 
To  keep  my  body  in  temperance,  soberness,  and 
chastity :  Not  to  covet  nor  desire  other  men's 
goods ;  but  to  learn  and  labour  truly  to  get  mine 
own  living,  and  to  do  my  duty  in  that  state  of 
life  unto  which  it  shall  please  God  to  call  me. 

Catechist.  My  good  Child,  know  this;  that 
thou  art  not  able  to  do  these  things  of  thyself, 
nor  to  walk  in  the  Commandments  of  God,  and 
to  serve  him,  without  his  special  grace,  which 
thou  must  learn  at  all  times  to  call  for  by  diligent 
prayer.  Let  mo  hear,  therefore,  if  thon  can&t- 
say  the  Lord's  Prayer. 

Answer. 

Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  Hallowed  be 
thy  name.  Thy  kingdom  come.  Thy  will  be 
done  on  ej^rth,  As  it  is  in  heaven.  Give  us  this 
day  our  daily  bread.     And  forgive  us  our  tres- 


%  A  CATECHISM. 

passes,  As  we  forgive  those  who  trespass  against 
us.  And  lead  us  not  into  temptation  ;  But  de- 
liver us  from  evil.     Amen. 

Q.  What  desirest  thou  of  Grod  in  this  prayer  ? 

A.  I  desire  my  Lord  God,  our  heavenly  Fath- 
er, who  is  the. giver  of  all  goodness  to  send  his 
grace  unto  me,  and  to  all  people  ;  that  we  may 
worship,  serve  him,  and  obey  him,  as  we  ought 
to  do.  And  I  pray  unto  Grod,  that  he  will  send 
us  all  things  that  are  needful  both  for  our  souls 
and  bodies  ;  and  that  he  will  be  merciful  unto  us, 
and  forgive  us  our  sins ;  and  that  it  will  please 
him  to  save  and  defend  us  in  all  dangers  both  of 
soul  and  body  ;  and  that  he  will  keep  us  from  all 
sin  and  wickedness,  and  from  our  spiritual  ene- 
my, and  from  everlasting  death.  And  this  I 
trust  he  will  do  of  his  mercy  and  goodness, 
through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  And  therefore  I 
gay  ;  Amen,  So  be  it. 

Question. 

How  many  Sacraments  hath  Christ  ordained  iu 
his  Church  ? 

A.  Two  only,  as  generally  necessary  to  salva- 
tion ;  that  is  to  say,  Baptism,  and  the  Supper  of 
the  Lord. 

Q.  What  meanest  thou  by  this  word  Sacra- 
ment ? 

A.  I  mean  an  outward  and  visible  sign  of  an 
inward  and  spiritual  grace  given  unto  us ;  or- 
dained by  Christ  himself,  as  a  means  whereby 
we  receive  the  same,  and  a  pledge  to  assure  us 
thereof. 


A    CATECHISM.  7 

Q,,  How  many  parts  are  there  in  a  Sacra- 
flietit? 

A.  Two  ;  the  outward  visible  sign,  and  the  in* 
ward  spiritual  grace. 

Q.  What  is  the  outward  visible  sign  or  fonn 
m  Baptism  ? 

A.  Water ;  wherein  the  person  is  baptized,  In 
the  Name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of 
the  Holy  Ghost. 

Q.  What  is  the  inward  and  spirit  ual  grace  ? 

A.  A  death  unto  sin,  and  a  new  birth  unto 
righteousness  :  for  being  by  tature  born  in  sin, 
rind  the  children  of  wrath,  we  are  hereby  made 
the  children  of  grace. 

Q.  What  is  required  of  persons  to  be  bap- 
tized ? 

A.  Repentance,  whereby  they  forsake  sin ; 
and  Faith,  whereby  they  steadfastly  believe  the 
promises  of  God  made  to  them  in  that  Sacra- 
ment. 

Q.  Why  then  are  Infants  baptized,  when  by 
reason  of  their  tender  age  they  cannot  perform 
them  ? 

A.  Because  they  promise  them  both  by  their 
Sureties ;  which  promise,  when  they  come  to 
age,  themselves  are  bound  to  perform. 

Q.  Why  was  the  Sacrament  of  the  Lord'i 
Supper  ordained  ? 


8  A    CATECHISM. 

A.  For  the  continual  remembrance  of  the 
sacrifice  of  the  death  of  Clirist,  and  of  the  bene- 
fits  which  we  receive  thereby. 

Q.  What  is  the  outward  part  or  sign  of  the 
Lord's  Supper  ? 

A.  Bread  and  Wine,  which  the  Lord  hath 
commanded  to  be  received. 

Q.  What  is  the  inward  part  or  thing  signified  ? 

A.  The  Body  and  Blood  of  Christ,  which  are 
spiritually  taken  and  receive'd  by  the  faithful  in 
the  Lord's  Supper. 

Q.  What  are  the  benefits  whereof  we  are  par- 
takers thereby  ? 

A.  The  strengthening  and  refreshing  of  our 
80uls  by  the  Body  and  Blood  of  Christ,  as  ou.r 
bodies  are  by  the  Bread  and  Wino. 

Q.  What  is  required  of  those  v,'ho  come  toth;-' 
Lord's  Supper  ? 

A.  To  examine  themselves,  whether  th^^y  ru- 
jxmt,  them  truly  of  their  former  sins,  stoadfastl)' 
purposing  to  lead  a  new  life  ;  have  a  lively  faith 
in  God's  mercy  through  Christ,  with  a  thankful 
remembrance  of  his  death  ;  and  be  in  cl.  vrity 
v/ith  all  men. 


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